IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Main Road, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 4DA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Main Road, SN15 4DA by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (9 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
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Main line to Paddington
An HST speeds through Dauntsey vale with a train from Bristol to London.
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 12 Jan 2007
0.10 miles
3
B4069 at 7 miles to Wootton Bassett
Note the milestone on the left. For a close-up and details, see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=316268 .
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 2 Feb 2018
0.11 miles
4
2010 : Main line between Bristol Temple Meads and Paddington
A First Direct HST heading for Bristol passes a "stone" train heading east.
The goods carries a load of Mendip limestone, probably from quarries at Merehead or Whatley.
Taken from a bridge carrying a minor road from the B4096. The next bridge along carries a footpath.
Note the new barn, not present in Jan 2007 Image
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 4 Oct 2010
0.11 miles
5
2010 : B4069 passing Swallett Farm
Crossing the north west corner of the grid square as it heads for Lyneham where it ends at the junction with the A3102.
Autumn tints beginning to show.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 4 Oct 2010
0.13 miles
6
Swallett Lodge
Half-timbered house usually hidden from sight by the trees.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 16 Feb 2011
0.14 miles
7
2010 : Parapet on a railway bridge carrying a minor road
Looking north of west toward the B4069.
The parapet is built with engineering bricks much used by the railways during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The house opposite the end of the road is at Upper Town.
The bridge crosses the main Paddington to Bristol railway line.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 4 Oct 2010
0.16 miles
8
2010 : Bridge over the main railway line between Paddington and Bristol
Note the bridge parapet built with engineering bricks. These bricks were fired at a high temperature producing a very hard and durable brick with a glazed finish and distinctive colouring.
Image] was taken from the same spot in the opposite direction.
The public road ends at City Bridge which once crossed the Wilts and Berks Canal just in sight.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 4 Oct 2010
0.19 miles
9
2010 : Stone train between Christian Malford and Lyneham
Probably from the East Mendip quarries, Merehead or Cranmore most likely. Would have joined the Bristol to Paddington main line at Thingley Junction near Chippenham.
The train has just passed under a farm accommodation bridge giving cattle access to pastures.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 4 Oct 2010
0.24 miles